Synesthesia
Definition:
While the term synesthesia literally refers to a medical condition wherein one or many of the sensory modalities become joint to one another, in literature it refers to the depiction of a strong connection, link or bond between the different senses. Characters in literature are sometimes described to be experiences synesthesia.
Synesthesia is the conflation of the senses.
Example:
The Sound of Blue by Hollu Payne which portrays synesthesia with respect to the Romantic ideal.
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"metallic / silence" (Margaret Atwood: Variation on the word Love) is a good example for synesthesia, as it connects two different sensory images, such as metallic - a tactile image, and silence, which is auditory
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